§ MR. JOHNSTON (Belfast, S.)asked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieu- 1559 tenant of Ireland, Whether he had received any information of an occurrence alleged to have taken place at Portrush, in the North of Ireland, on yesterday, in which parties in a Catholic excursion train fired out on some persons, and shot one man dead, and wounded a Presbyterian clergyman?
§ MR. SEXTON (Belfast, W.)I wish to ask the right hon. Gentleman, whether this unfortunate and serious disturbance was commenced by an attack by an Orange mob upon a body of Irish National Foresters?
§ THE CHIEF SECRETARY (Mr. A. J. BALFOUR) (Manchester, E.), in reply, said, he had no information to give on the subject. He asked at the Irish Office just before he left for the House, and learned that no information had been received from Dublin.